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SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
Vol. 58, No. 20
SHORTRIDOE HIGH SCHOOL. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1955
3 CENTS
SENIORS TO ENTER
MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
COMPETITTON
Group to Vie With
Top-Ranking Students
from Other Schools
A partial list of the seniors who
wul compete in the national merit
scholarship program has been released by Joel W. Hadley, principal.
These students wttl be among
those vying tor the scholarships
which can carry up to full tuition
and Uving expenses: Larry SUver,
Agate Nesaule, Michael Fisch, Sondra Middleton, Mark Wheeler, AUce
Fidlar, Judith PaUer, SoreUe Lewis,
Ralph Cohen, Elaine Goldman, Joan
Dillon, Lewis Nading, Mike Hogan,
Paul Mode, and Daniel Larner.
Only high-ranking students are
eligible to take this test The preliminary screening test will be given
at ShortrWge on October 26. The
striolarahlp program Is conducted
by the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation.
•fhe merit program permits the
winners to choose any accredited
coUege or university and any course
of study. Also; some 800 runnersup to the competition wul be
awarded certificates of merit and
their names will be announced to
att coUeges and scholarship agencies.
International Casino
Tryouts to Be October 13
According to an announcement
by Mrs. Wayne L. Ritter, chairman
of tryouts tor the International Casino for the Family FroUc, tryouts
for the Casino show talent wtil be
held October 13, at 2:30 ta room J J_. * "***"■»
M-SGT. THOMAS L. DAWSON
LISTS ROTC PROMOTIONS
Former English Teacher
I Writing 950-Page
Physical Science Display
Features Transistors
This week the Physical science! paper and yearbook writing adver
display window contains some of * •• .. ^
the most startling electrical devices
of the 20th century.
Because of these devices in the
window many advances have been
made tn science: Hearing aid manufacturers have been able to shrink
the size of -their products by substituting tiny transistors for bulkier, more delicate vacuum tubes.
Several Dick Tracy wrist radios already have been made using transistors to prove that the idea is
not far-fetched. Even a portable
television set has been made possible by transistors. .
Keren Call Elected
Keren CaU was elected president
of the NaturaUst club at their last
meeting on Tuesday, October 4.
Other officers are Sue Mardls,
vice-president; Lewis Nading, treasurer; and Peggy McQulston, secretary.
Plans for the trip to Notre Dame
were discussed. The trip will be
taken on October 15 and It will
cost $3.00 to go.
241. There wjLU be only one day
of tryouts this year, and the program to be given at the FroUc will
be selected from the material auditioning on October 13.
Working with Mrs. Ritter are
Mesdames. Willis Adams, James
Leffel, and Robert Seastrom.
IHSPA TO MEET
AT FRANKLIN COUEGE
HeadUne Speakers Listed;
Activities to Include Dance,
Barbeque, Election
Donald Brown, director of the
Illinois State Press Association, and
Henry La Coasltt, former editor of
COUlers and American magazines,
wiU be the headline speakers at the
34th annual convention of the Indiana State High School Press Association to be held at Franklto
CoUege, October 28 and 29. This
is the weekend of Indiana State
Teachers' Association.
On the agenda for the two-day.
conference in addition to the two
speakers wiU be a coffee hour to
the office of Dr. Richardson, president of Franklin classes on news-
tising, and promotion, a chicken
barbecue, a convention sing, a
square dance, and a movie in the
college auditorium. On Saturday a
concert wiU be presented by the
Chandler trio. Election of officers
for -the IHSPA wiU be held.
wlU stay in the different fraterni
Boy delegates to the convention
will stay in the'different fraternity
houses and the girls In the Women's dormitory.
Representatives from the Shortridge Echo will attend along with
their advisers.
History Club to Discuss
Early Central America
Ross Shiman and Charles Davis
wiU present a discussion on the
Aztec and Mayan civilization of
Central America at the History
ciub meeting tonight, October 6,
at 7:00 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Elsie Howard.
This ls the club's third meeting
this year. Mrs. Howard ls the spon
sor; Dave Snyder is president.
Novel ^^^^^^^^^^
"The Strange Death of Arts and
Letters," a section of a 950-page
novel being written by Miss Marguerite Young, a former member
ot the Shortridge English faculty,
is appearing in the October issue
of Harper's Bazaar.
-Thirteen of the sections of the
novel, "Miss Mcintosh, My Darling,"
have appeared tn various publications.
Miss Young Is the author of two
volumes of poetry, "Primastlc
Ground" and '-Moderate Fable."
Her prose pubUcation is "Angel In
the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two
Utopias."
Miss Young was a member of the
Shortridge -English faculty for several years. She is now a visiting
lecturer on fiction writing at the
University of Iowa School of Arts
and Letters.
MiUions
Big Numbers Discussed
By Mr. Green for Hi-Pi
Robert L. Green, vice-principal,
spoke to members of the Hi-Pl,
October 3. Linda Henderson, president of Hi-Pl, Introduced Mr.
Green who gave a talk to Interest
students in reading books on mathematics other than texts.
His talk came" fram a chapter
caUed Number Giants and Pygmies
In the book, "Math, Its Magic and
Mastery."
Many Interesting facts dealt with
numbers tn the millions and buttons. "
Did you know that if a housefly
was a billion times as big as lt is
normally it would be a bit bigger
than the moon?
He also told of a giant hourglass
which he had seen on display at
the General Motors Powerama. The
hourglass had been filled with a
billion tiny* red beads no bigger
than grains of sand; 1,000 of these
beads a second fell through to the
other side ot the hourglass and yet
lt stUl took 24 hours to empty to
the other end.
Mr. Green ended his interesting
talk by illustrating the largest
number which could be drawn with
three digits.
Several Cadets Named for
Advances In Standing;
Effective September 30
In special order No. 4, M-Sgt
Thomas L. Dawson, commandant of
the Shortridge ROTC unit, has listed a series of cadet promotions
which were effective September 30.
Promotions Listed
To be cadet first sergeant: SFC
PhU R. Carey, SFC Joseph W. Flack,
SFC Bernam G. Fraley, SFC Roy
Nelson, Jr.
To be cadet master sergeant: SFC
WUUam D. BayliS, SFC Charlee L.
Cosand, SFC Robert Dan, SFC*
Floyd E. Ellis, S#C Larjry ST Everhart, SFC WUliam E. Fry, SFC WUUam K. Kaylor, SFS Atis Makste-
nieks, SFS WUUam Myers, SI*** Leb-
beus B. Woods, SFC Dayle W-Jates.
To be cadet sergeant first class:
Sgt. Oscar c. Crawford, Sgt Joseph B. I_a*-mon,1*ngt. Robert W,.
Lott, Sgt James EL -towery, Sgt
Richard B. White. ,_^
To be cadet sergeant: CpL James
L Alfrey, CpL Albert e. Crowe,
Cpl. Robert O. Davles, CpL Ranald.
C. Esterltae, CpL Oary ML Oray,
Cpl. George C. Harmon, Cpl. WUUam C. Hllahd, Cpl. Ralph W.
Qulnn, CpL William H. Rau, CpL
Jimmie A. Rich, CpL Wayne D. 8e-
crest, CpL Ray L. Stevens, Cpl Jock
B. Thompson.
Others Named
To be cadet corporal: Cadet Zed
E. Day, PFC Albert A. HaU, PFC
WUUam R. Perk-
To be cadet private first class:
Robert W. Ambuehl, Ronald Barker,
David 8. Eldrtdge, Edward J. Erler,
Bernle O. Finch, Morgan C. Fraley,
David H. Goldstein, Steve S. Hamilton, Calvin Hausler, Timothy G.
Havey, Charles E. Hutchison, Mark
N. Jett, Donald A. Malone, George
W. Prewltt, j. W. Prewltt, David G.
Prltchard, Walter E. RasdaU, Robert C. Rausch, Earl Roberts, Harry
D. Scheff, Lewis Shank, Robert J.
Shultz, WUbur P. Smltha, Don To-
lan, Donald L. Trosper.
Senior Jewelry on Display
An announcement has been made
by Miss Betty Nicholson, bookstore
manager, that the senior jewelry ls
now on sale. AU Interested seniors
are welcome to see the coUection.
Prices range from $10.50 to $26.00,,
but a down payment of one-third
the cost is required.

SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
Vol. 58, No. 20
SHORTRIDOE HIGH SCHOOL. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1955
3 CENTS
SENIORS TO ENTER
MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
COMPETITTON
Group to Vie With
Top-Ranking Students
from Other Schools
A partial list of the seniors who
wul compete in the national merit
scholarship program has been released by Joel W. Hadley, principal.
These students wttl be among
those vying tor the scholarships
which can carry up to full tuition
and Uving expenses: Larry SUver,
Agate Nesaule, Michael Fisch, Sondra Middleton, Mark Wheeler, AUce
Fidlar, Judith PaUer, SoreUe Lewis,
Ralph Cohen, Elaine Goldman, Joan
Dillon, Lewis Nading, Mike Hogan,
Paul Mode, and Daniel Larner.
Only high-ranking students are
eligible to take this test The preliminary screening test will be given
at ShortrWge on October 26. The
striolarahlp program Is conducted
by the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation.
•fhe merit program permits the
winners to choose any accredited
coUege or university and any course
of study. Also; some 800 runnersup to the competition wul be
awarded certificates of merit and
their names will be announced to
att coUeges and scholarship agencies.
International Casino
Tryouts to Be October 13
According to an announcement
by Mrs. Wayne L. Ritter, chairman
of tryouts tor the International Casino for the Family FroUc, tryouts
for the Casino show talent wtil be
held October 13, at 2:30 ta room J J_. * "***"■»
M-SGT. THOMAS L. DAWSON
LISTS ROTC PROMOTIONS
Former English Teacher
I Writing 950-Page
Physical Science Display
Features Transistors
This week the Physical science! paper and yearbook writing adver
display window contains some of * •• .. ^
the most startling electrical devices
of the 20th century.
Because of these devices in the
window many advances have been
made tn science: Hearing aid manufacturers have been able to shrink
the size of -their products by substituting tiny transistors for bulkier, more delicate vacuum tubes.
Several Dick Tracy wrist radios already have been made using transistors to prove that the idea is
not far-fetched. Even a portable
television set has been made possible by transistors. .
Keren Call Elected
Keren CaU was elected president
of the NaturaUst club at their last
meeting on Tuesday, October 4.
Other officers are Sue Mardls,
vice-president; Lewis Nading, treasurer; and Peggy McQulston, secretary.
Plans for the trip to Notre Dame
were discussed. The trip will be
taken on October 15 and It will
cost $3.00 to go.
241. There wjLU be only one day
of tryouts this year, and the program to be given at the FroUc will
be selected from the material auditioning on October 13.
Working with Mrs. Ritter are
Mesdames. Willis Adams, James
Leffel, and Robert Seastrom.
IHSPA TO MEET
AT FRANKLIN COUEGE
HeadUne Speakers Listed;
Activities to Include Dance,
Barbeque, Election
Donald Brown, director of the
Illinois State Press Association, and
Henry La Coasltt, former editor of
COUlers and American magazines,
wiU be the headline speakers at the
34th annual convention of the Indiana State High School Press Association to be held at Franklto
CoUege, October 28 and 29. This
is the weekend of Indiana State
Teachers' Association.
On the agenda for the two-day.
conference in addition to the two
speakers wiU be a coffee hour to
the office of Dr. Richardson, president of Franklin classes on news-
tising, and promotion, a chicken
barbecue, a convention sing, a
square dance, and a movie in the
college auditorium. On Saturday a
concert wiU be presented by the
Chandler trio. Election of officers
for -the IHSPA wiU be held.
wlU stay in the different fraterni
Boy delegates to the convention
will stay in the'different fraternity
houses and the girls In the Women's dormitory.
Representatives from the Shortridge Echo will attend along with
their advisers.
History Club to Discuss
Early Central America
Ross Shiman and Charles Davis
wiU present a discussion on the
Aztec and Mayan civilization of
Central America at the History
ciub meeting tonight, October 6,
at 7:00 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Elsie Howard.
This ls the club's third meeting
this year. Mrs. Howard ls the spon
sor; Dave Snyder is president.
Novel ^^^^^^^^^^
"The Strange Death of Arts and
Letters," a section of a 950-page
novel being written by Miss Marguerite Young, a former member
ot the Shortridge English faculty,
is appearing in the October issue
of Harper's Bazaar.
-Thirteen of the sections of the
novel, "Miss Mcintosh, My Darling,"
have appeared tn various publications.
Miss Young Is the author of two
volumes of poetry, "Primastlc
Ground" and '-Moderate Fable."
Her prose pubUcation is "Angel In
the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two
Utopias."
Miss Young was a member of the
Shortridge -English faculty for several years. She is now a visiting
lecturer on fiction writing at the
University of Iowa School of Arts
and Letters.
MiUions
Big Numbers Discussed
By Mr. Green for Hi-Pi
Robert L. Green, vice-principal,
spoke to members of the Hi-Pl,
October 3. Linda Henderson, president of Hi-Pl, Introduced Mr.
Green who gave a talk to Interest
students in reading books on mathematics other than texts.
His talk came" fram a chapter
caUed Number Giants and Pygmies
In the book, "Math, Its Magic and
Mastery."
Many Interesting facts dealt with
numbers tn the millions and buttons. "
Did you know that if a housefly
was a billion times as big as lt is
normally it would be a bit bigger
than the moon?
He also told of a giant hourglass
which he had seen on display at
the General Motors Powerama. The
hourglass had been filled with a
billion tiny* red beads no bigger
than grains of sand; 1,000 of these
beads a second fell through to the
other side ot the hourglass and yet
lt stUl took 24 hours to empty to
the other end.
Mr. Green ended his interesting
talk by illustrating the largest
number which could be drawn with
three digits.
Several Cadets Named for
Advances In Standing;
Effective September 30
In special order No. 4, M-Sgt
Thomas L. Dawson, commandant of
the Shortridge ROTC unit, has listed a series of cadet promotions
which were effective September 30.
Promotions Listed
To be cadet first sergeant: SFC
PhU R. Carey, SFC Joseph W. Flack,
SFC Bernam G. Fraley, SFC Roy
Nelson, Jr.
To be cadet master sergeant: SFC
WUUam D. BayliS, SFC Charlee L.
Cosand, SFC Robert Dan, SFC*
Floyd E. Ellis, S#C Larjry ST Everhart, SFC WUliam E. Fry, SFC WUUam K. Kaylor, SFS Atis Makste-
nieks, SFS WUUam Myers, SI*** Leb-
beus B. Woods, SFC Dayle W-Jates.
To be cadet sergeant first class:
Sgt. Oscar c. Crawford, Sgt Joseph B. I_a*-mon,1*ngt. Robert W,.
Lott, Sgt James EL -towery, Sgt
Richard B. White. ,_^
To be cadet sergeant: CpL James
L Alfrey, CpL Albert e. Crowe,
Cpl. Robert O. Davles, CpL Ranald.
C. Esterltae, CpL Oary ML Oray,
Cpl. George C. Harmon, Cpl. WUUam C. Hllahd, Cpl. Ralph W.
Qulnn, CpL William H. Rau, CpL
Jimmie A. Rich, CpL Wayne D. 8e-
crest, CpL Ray L. Stevens, Cpl Jock
B. Thompson.
Others Named
To be cadet corporal: Cadet Zed
E. Day, PFC Albert A. HaU, PFC
WUUam R. Perk-
To be cadet private first class:
Robert W. Ambuehl, Ronald Barker,
David 8. Eldrtdge, Edward J. Erler,
Bernle O. Finch, Morgan C. Fraley,
David H. Goldstein, Steve S. Hamilton, Calvin Hausler, Timothy G.
Havey, Charles E. Hutchison, Mark
N. Jett, Donald A. Malone, George
W. Prewltt, j. W. Prewltt, David G.
Prltchard, Walter E. RasdaU, Robert C. Rausch, Earl Roberts, Harry
D. Scheff, Lewis Shank, Robert J.
Shultz, WUbur P. Smltha, Don To-
lan, Donald L. Trosper.
Senior Jewelry on Display
An announcement has been made
by Miss Betty Nicholson, bookstore
manager, that the senior jewelry ls
now on sale. AU Interested seniors
are welcome to see the coUection.
Prices range from $10.50 to $26.00,,
but a down payment of one-third
the cost is required.